A court sentenced the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to an additional four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of import and possession of unlicensed walkie-talkies, one of several charges brought against her by the country's military dictatorship.
The leader of the country and a winner of the peace prize.
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According to the Associated Press, a two-year prison sentence was handed down to the opposition leader for violating the country's export-import law and telecommunications law for having walkie-talkies.
The former national leader was sentenced to two years in prison for violating the country's disaster management law while campaigning.
The military junta leadership commuted the four-year sentence given to Suu Kyi last month.
If she is found guilty, the 76-year-old could be sentenced to 100 years in prison.
The hearings of the woman known as the "prisoner of conscience" are being held behind closed doors with prosecutors and her lawyers not allowed to speak about them publicly.
Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch's deputy Asia director, said in a statement that the courtroom circus of secret proceedings on bogus charges is all about steadily piling up more convictions against the opposition leader.
The key background.
After being forced into a power-sharing agreement with the military for five years, the National League for Democracy party led her to a landslide victory in the general elections. The Union Solidarity and Development Party, which was trounced in the polls, immediately alleged voter fraud. In February, the military justified a coup by repeating voter fraud accusations. After the coup, the world condemnation of the junta was triggered. Protests have prevented the junta leadership from fully consolidating their power in the country since the coup.
A court sentenced the opposition leader to 4 more years in prison.
For Waving to Cars and Having Walkie-talkies, the leader of the opposition gets four years.
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